A Librarian Out of the Library

As librarians move into new roles, such as research data management, they sometimes find themselves moving, both organizationally and physically, out of the library. While this dislocation can be professionally unsettling, the shift in perspective that it brings can heighten their and their colleagu...

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Main Author: T. Scott Plutchak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UMass Chan Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of eScience Librarianship
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Online Access:http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/vol5/iss1/7/
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description As librarians move into new roles, such as research data management, they sometimes find themselves moving, both organizationally and physically, out of the library. While this dislocation can be professionally unsettling, the shift in perspective that it brings can heighten their and their colleagues’ appreciation for the particular skills and talents that librarians can bring to the research enterprise.
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